CREATING THE RULES FOR THE LAKE I BUILT 

and a close door not a open one !!!!

@@RcaHellemons1972 that’s it, so many things that make that 17 seconds unrealistic. Not that I’m saying being at the furtherest point on the pond to your swim is ok. But I’d wager most anglers could get back long before they could do it when fully asleep in that chalet in the middle of the night.

It’s not like there’s any snags in the lake. You could turn the alarms off and wake up in the morning on a lake like that…

Ha ha ha ha no thank you. Hope your lake goes well, but no more watching your videos after that decision, it stops at that point

We provide them! 😅

Was about to say the same and then seen the reply. Amazing that you provide it Ben👏👏

Be surprised the amount of nods that don’t use it even when it’s provided

Spot on ..

Don’t know the pros and cons of each hook but if you got to my local commercial with a max hook size of 12 and barbless only and all the carp have a mouth the size of a piece of sweetcorn 😬

Simple as that ! Counts for all fish. I have seen so many perch as well with ripped of mouths.

Go to Drayton, been a barbless venue since day one. The state of some of those fish is horrendous.

Totally agree, if you have tight line and good contact with the fish a barbless hook will not move in the fishes mouth. Its a shame that Ben has gone done this route as would of liked to visit Kev's pool. But don't want to use barbed hooked which is a shame.

Got a whole load coming soon

Imagine an anchor attached to a boat with rope whilst it's sailing, the arms of the anchor are getting caught on rocks, snags, wood, weeds etc. That's the equivalent of the magic twig (the anchor) attached to the fish (the boat) , getting caught whilst it's swimming. Really not good.

Never had my hands on one, probably never will tbh buuuut if they are as tough as you seem to think when the arms are out, it will probably cut through weed. If you get hung up on a stick, then surely the plastic which is pliable enough to flex in the first place will move... if it gets hung up. You probably would have anyway & rock part... well it should never really be in the situation to snag up on rocks.... its not a marker lead, its not to be bounce along the bottom. If a fish takes the whole thing we are trying to do is keep it up off the bottom... & if you want to say a what about a ledge then i say... what about the lead?? Lead clip... dropped lead. Line could still rub the shelf.... end of the day things happen. Fish die.. we shouldnt really care about fish dying so much if all that we try & do is pull them out the water & try to suffocate them for a bit them go naaaah jokess back you go pal 😂😂 so yeah... who cares that much at the end of the day things happen 😊

It won't cut through weed because it's a flat arm, there's videos online of them bringing thick weed back in. In the event of a break off, the magic twig would be the heaviest part of the rig that's still attached to the fish, causing it to scrape along the bottom and snag, whilst still attached to the fish. The lead on a clip set up will drop off in the event of a line break , the magic twig won't, it's fixed on the line. You clearly have no idea how the magic twig works, so I'm not sure how you have strong opinions on it. We can still fish and have a standard of fish safety. Not to mention Ben is a fishery owner, I'm sure he'd want to protect his investments that cost thousands ££ even if he hypothetically didn't care about fish safety.

not his lake tho will it theres only reeds which can easily break and be swam through

@@bradleyd1967 cut through weed? 🤣

@@sharkeyes a lot of fisheries actually request barbed hooks so the hook doesn’t come out an end up elsewhere in the fish I,e eye or fins

I've personally seen many horrific carp mouth injuries because barbless hooks have sawn there way out, think ripping an earring out! Never sweet that happen with barbed hooks!

I fish one venue with a barbless only rule and it’s only when using barbless hooks at said venue have I seen what damage they can cause

I’ve never used barbed hooks in 30 years, and I’ve never ruined a fishies mouth

​@@adamevo6It's not the fish's mouth that can get damaged, we've all had a fish on with barbless for it to come out and hook the fish elsewhere, if the fins get damaged it could be game over.

it will rust out if the rig is safe the lead should be gone and unless its trailing 70ft of line it ent gonna die in that lake nothing for it to get tangle and die from

I can see why he’s banned dogs , we don’t want a flea ridden dog in the hot tub !

@@CB-zr9fi true mate I’m always catching mine in my hot tub sucking on a bud !

What happens is one person brings a dog. And the next person is deathly allergic to dog fur. You aren’t guarantied to clean it all up. At the end of the day it’s down to the Safety of everyone. Safest bet is to outlaw all pets. Including his own at the lake

I think he should have a designated dog peg for the angler and dog. I only fish with my dog. Best anti theft system I've ever had

@@ewanharvey2556 humans are more dirtier mate dogs are cleaner than some of them bank tramps 😅

Hahaha

There is actually, over a certain distance which is classed as unattended, can't remember off top of my head- Google it, sure it's about 12m.

@@grahamw6503 I don’t know where you got that from. There is no distance stated in any of the bylaws with regard to unattended rods. I know of a pike angler that was using a dead bait on his static rod and was using a plug, or spinner with his other rod. The EA Bailiffs booked the pike angler because he was 10 metres away from his static rod.

Not true the distance stated on the gov.uk website is 3m for baited rods

@@simontaylor8453 where can I find that it specifically states 3m (10ft)? Which area’s bylaws state that it’s 3m? All you’ve done is show the link for the gov.uk website, but not the page that shows it’s 3m. I realised now what you’ve mixed up. When using more than one rod, the butt sections can be no more than 3 metres apart. That’s national law in England and Wales. But when it comes to “unattended rods”, no specific distance is stated. Sorry, mate. But you are wrong.

Also only freshwater fishing needs a licence

Pond

@@ashsanglingadventures Pool

Puddle

Drop 💧 in mud

Yup... Gonna take many years to see any profits... And, pond 😋

We don’t have a rod licence in Scotland. Instead, the Salmon boards take a levy from the salmon beats.

Might limit the ability to be able to position the lines for the angler fishing to the right. However great idea! :)

We fish for trout, pike and perch using lures (and occasionally deadbait in winter too) but EVERY treble book has been swapped for a needle-sharp barbless single hook on all our lures. Yes, we probably do lose more fish due to head-shakes and barbless single hooks than if we used barbed trebles but we 100% cause a hell of a lot less damage unhooking them, especially when they are deep hooked due to greed! Fish priority and them having a sporting chance takes priority here.

Presumably deep hooked. Exceptionally unlikely for a carp to be hooked in the throat.

@@robbrownfield7677 Yes, carp tend to suck in and blow back out whereas the predators gulp things down. Saying that, I've unhooked a swallowed rusty hook from a carp as I commented elsewhere on this page. It is unusual though for a carp. There was no bait present so I don't know if it was a small bait and/or bread/spam that passed the initial suck & blow test so it swallowed it

@@robbrownfield7677 Yes, it was deep hooked. He was tugging at the treble a lot, which I assume is where the damage was done.

That's what receivers are for

You can run the wires from your early 90’s sounder box through a slightly ajar window nowadays.

Grips are utter toot they do no better than barbless having tested them

A lot of fisheries don't allow them. I've tried them at a "barbed or barbless" venue, and also tested on the kitchen table but not sure they make a massive difference over barbless. The pallatrax hooks came out of a piece of test cork a lot easier than a microbarbed, but not much different than a barbless. Their stone weights though are class!

No sorry mate non smoking venue

@@chizzle6237 Keir Starmer will support that too!

Not a bad idea that Paul!

That's a by-law I came across last year, l don't think it's UK wide, bailiff told me no more than a rod's length away in his stab vest lol

What lake do u own ?

@@bangersnmash2589 Lake O'neal, my lake here in the USA.

Well, seeing as this lake isn't in Scotland yours is a moot point.

Having landed cats (which fight harder than carp) over 45lb on 12lb line, I agree. Even when they charge into lily beds, 12lb line worked fine. (Daiwa sensor too, not even expensive line). However, lake rules are lake rules - and it's not like you're casting far in that pool, so losing some casting distance to go to the thicker line isn't a huge issue. Might even help some newcomers who crank the drag up solid when playing fish to avoid snapping off (they'll just hook pull instead)

Hi it definitely does! Hit the location page or alternatively check out gurt wings on instagram where we add the pitches to the story highlights! 😃

Not really, just some bloke with a few quid showing us his personal lake, sry, pond.. And a place to plug products it seems...

So I can turn up in Scotland and just fish ? Don't need no paperwork ?